A Look Ahead

By Tim Clinton

High schools

Boys basketball 

Todd Beamer hosts North Creek of Bothell for a 6 p.m. Monday game that was originally scheduled for this week.

Thomas Jefferson entertains Auburn-Riverside at 7 p.m. Monday and Decatur hosts Highline at 7 p.m. Tuesday as Todd Beamer travels to Tahoma.

TJ goes to West Seattle for an 8:30 p.m. contest next Wednesday.

Girls basketball

Thomas Jefferson opens with a 5:30 p.m. trip to South Kitsap High School in Port Orchard this Saturday.

Decatur entertains Bonney Lake at 7 p.m. Monday and Federal Way hosts Washington of Parkland at 6 p.m. next Tuesday.

Girls bowling

Thomas Jefferson hosts Mount Rainier at 3 p.m. Tuesday at Secoma Lanes and Decatur will be there at the same time going up against White River.

Todd Beamer visits Stadium at 3:30 p.m.

TJ travels to Spanaway Lake at 3 p.m. next Wednesday.

Boys wrestling

Decatur hosts White River at 6 p.m. next Wednesday as Thomas Jefferson drops in on Kentlake.

Pros

Seahawks

Seattle travels across the country to take on the New York Jets in a 10 a.m. Sunday game that can be seen on Channel 13.

Sounders

Seattle visits the Los Angeles Galaxy for a 7 p.m. Saturday Western Conference final carried on Apple TV+.

Kraken

Seattle pays a 12:30 p.m. Friday visit to the San Jose Sharks before hosting the same team at 7 p.m. Saturday at the Climate Pledge Arena.

The Kraken travel to Carolina for 4 p.m. action Tuesday.

All three games will be televised on KONG with Saturday's also on Channel 5.

Thunderbirds

Seattle visits Victoria at 7:05 p.m. Friday and 6:05 p.m. Saturday before crossing the Strait of Georgia to take on Vancouver at 7 p.m. Sunday.

Silvertips

Everett goes to Vancouver for 7 p.m. Friday action before coming home to the Angel of the Winds Arena to battle the Kamloops Blazers at 6:05 p.m. Saturday.

Colleges

Husky football

Washington travels to Eugene to try to knock off the Oregon Ducks in a 4:30 p.m. Saturday game at Autzen Stadium.

The action will be aired on Channel 5.

Cougar football

Wyoming comes to Pullman to play Washington State at 3:30 p.m. Saturday on CW.

Husky men's basketball

The UW visits Colorado State at 3:30 p.m. Thursday on truTV and battles Santa Clara on the same channel Friday at a time to be announced.

The Huskies go to UCLA at 7:30 p.m. Tuesday on Fox Sports 1.

Cougar men's basketball

WSU visits Nevada Monday at a time to be announced.

Cougar women's basketball

Washington State goes to San Juan, Puerto Rico to play Norfolk State at 1 p m. Thursday, Virginia at 1 p.m. Friday and Drake at noon Saturday 

Husky volleyball

Washington hosts Purdue at 4:30 p.m. Friday on the Big Ten network.

A Look Ahead

By Tim Clinton

High schools

Boys basketball 

Todd Beamer hosts North Creek of Bothell for 7 p.m. Tuesday action.

Pros

Seahawks

Seattle gets a 1:25 p.m. Sunday visit from the Arizona Cardinals at Lumen Field.

The action can be seen on Channel 13.

Sounders

Seattle drops in on Los Angeles FC for a 7:30 p.m. Saturday playoff on Apple TV+.

Kraken

Seattle visits Los Angeles at 1 p.m. Saturday and Anaheim at 7 p.m. Monday before entertaining the same Anaheim team at 7 p.m. Wednesday at the Climate Pledge Arena.

KONG will televise the games.

Thunderbirds

Lethbridge comes to the Showare Center in Kent to play Seattle at 6:05 p.m. Saturday and Wenatchee pays a visit at 7:05 p.m. Wednesday.

Silvertips

Everett entertains Spokane for 7:05 p.m. Friday action before visiting Kamloops at 6:05 p.m. Saturday and Kelowna at 4:05 p.m. Sunday.

The Silvertips come home to play Victoria at 7:05 p.m. Wednesday.

Colleges

Cougar football

Washington State visits the Oregon State Beavers for a 4 p.m. Saturday game carried on CW.

Husky men's basketball

Washington entertains Alcorn State at 7 p.m. Friday before flying to Colorado State at 3:30 p.m. next Thursday.

Husky women's basketball

The UW gets a 1 p.m. Friday visit from Prairie View.

Cougar men's basketball

WSU hosts Fresno State at 9 p.m. Tuesday in Pullman.

Cougar women's basketball

The Cougars visit Iowa at 1 p.m. Sunday before battling Norfolk State for a 1 p.m. Thursday game in San Juan, Puerto Rico.

Decatur's Johnson makes state finals

By Tim Clinton

Amaya Johnson of Decatur earned her way into the state Class 3A girls diving finals Thursday and snagged a 16th place finish.

Johnson scored a total of 235.45 points in the action at the Gators' home pool at the King County Aquatic Center in Federal Way.

The swimming finals and consolation finals portion of the meet took place at the facility Saturday after preliminaries Friday.

Fiona Policarpio of Thomas Jefferson scored the highest area swimming finish, coming in 18th in Friday's 100-yard butterfly preliminaries with a time of 1 minute, 2.29 seconds.

Raiders teammate Ang Ng took 22nd in the 100 backstroke in 1:05.00 and 24th in the 50 freestyle in 26.94.

Gators, Eagles ousted at state

By Tim Clinton

Decatur and Federal Way both reached the end of the road in the state Class 3A football playoffs this weekend.

The previously undefeated Gators were edged out by Mount Tahoma of Tacoma by a 23-20 score Friday and the Eagles fell, 40-0, to Roosevelt of Seattle in a game played Saturday afternoon.

Decatur was playing on its home field at Federal Way Memorial while Federal Way journeyed to Seattle Memorial to battle the Roughriders.

The Gators finished with a lofty 10-1 overall and the Eagles wound up at 8-3.

Decatur won the North Puget Sound League 3A championship and Federal Way took third behind the Eagles and the Enumclaw Hornets.

Volleyball

Federal Way and Todd Beamer both saw district action this weekend but came up shy of qualifying for next week's state 3A tournament.

The Eagles opened district play with a 3-0 loss to Bellarmine on Friday afternoon and bounced back to post a 3-1 win over Heritage that evening.

They bowed out with a 3-1 defeat at the hands of Lakes on Saturday.

Todd Beamer's Titans took a 3-0 loss to Timberline on Friday afternoon and a 3-0 loss to Lincoln of Tacoma that evening.

A Look Ahead

By Tim Clinton

High schools

Football

Decatur opens state Class 3A playoff action Friday, hosting Mount Tahoma of Tacoma for a 7 p.m. game at Federal Way Memorial.

Federal Way waits until Saturday for its state opener, paying a 2 p.m. visit to Roosevelt at Seattle Memorial.

Volleyball

Todd Beamer and Federal Way open West Central District action with 4:30 p.m. matches Friday.

The Titans play Timberline at Foss High School and Federal Way battles Bellarmine at Mount Tahoma.

Girls swimming

Federal Way School District athletes are involved in the Class 3A state action at the King County Aquatic Center in Federal Way with finals beginning at 1:15 p.m. Saturday.

Pros

Seahawks

Seattle visit the San Francisco 49ers for a 1:05 p.m. Sunday game that can be seen on Channel 13.

Sounders

Seattle waits until Saturday, Nov. 23 to open its next round of playoff action, dropping in on the LAFC team at 7:30 p.m.

Kraken

The New York Islanders make their only appearance of the year at Climate Pledge Arena at 1 p.m. Saturday and the New York Rangers make theirs at 6 p.m. Sunday.

Nashville comes to Seattle at 7 p.m. Wednesday.

KONG carries Kraken action.

Thunderbirds vs. Silvertips

Seattle hosts Everett for 6:05 p.m. Saturday Western Hockey League action at the Showare Center in Kent.

Colleges

Husky football

Washington entertains UCLA for a 6 p.m. Friday game at Husky Stadium.

Channel 13 will air it live.

Cougar football

Washington State visits New Mexico at 6:30 p.m. Saturday on FS1.

Husky men's basketball

The UW hosts UM Lowell at 7:30 p.m. Saturday at the Alaska Airlines Arena with Big Ten+ showing the game live.

Cougar men's basketball

WSU plays Iowa in a 5:30 p.m. Friday game in Moline, Ill.

The Big Ten network will broadcast the action.

Husky women's basketball

Washington visits Montana at 1 p.m. Sunday before hosting CSUF at noon Thursday.

Cougar women's basketball

The lady Cougars pay a 4 p.m. Saturday visit to Texas Tech.

Pairings out for state football

By Tim Clinton

Decatur and Federal Way both plunge into the state Class 3A football playoffs this week after posting victories this past weekend.

The Decatur Gators received a No. 7 state ranking from the seeding committee and as such will host the No. 10 Mount Tahoma Thunderbirds of Tacoma for a 7 p.m. Friday opener at Federal Way Memorial.

Federal Way was seeded No. 12 and will open on the road against the No. 5 Roosevelt Roughriders of Seattle.

The action is scheduled for 2 p.m. Saturday at Seattle Memorial 

Decatur carries a 10-0 overall record into Friday's contest while the Eagles have an 8-2 mark going into Saturday's game.

The Gators advanced by posting a 39-29 home victory over Blanchet of Seattle last Friday in a multi-district game.

Federal Way was a 38-10 winner at home Saturday over Ferndale in its playoff.

Todd Beamer, meanwhile, found itself in a non-playoff crossover game Thursday and took a 49-6 defeat at Central Kitsap in Silverdale.

The Titans finished with a 4-5 overall record.

Thomas Jefferson also faced a non-playoff crossover game to end its season.

The Raiders absorbed a 47-0 road loss to Auburn-Riverside last Wednesday to finish 1-9 overall.

A Look Ahead

By Tim Clinton

High schools

Football

Undefeated North Puget Sound League Class 3A champion Decatur opens football postseason action Friday, hosting Bishop Blanchet of Seattle at 7 p.m.

The Gators carry a 9-0 overall record into the game at Federal Way Memorial.

Federal Way will be there at 5 p.m. Saturday for a playoff against Ferndale.

The Eagles are 7-2 overall.

Both playoffs send the winner to state next week and the loser is out.

Cross country

State action for all classifications takes place Saturday at the Sun Willows golf course in Pasco.

Wheelchair races start at 9 a.m. with the last race of the day beginning at 3 p.m.

Girls soccer

Decatur won the NPSL 3A division with a 15-1 record but bowed out of the playoffs with a 2-1 loss to Lakes on Tuesday.

Pros

Seahawks

Seattle drew a bye for this week before visiting the San Francisco 49ers for a 1:05 p.m. game Sunday, Nov. 17.

Sounders

Seattle won its Major League Soccer first round series against Houston and will next play at a date, time and location to be determined.

Kraken

The Seattle hockey team hosts Las Vegas for 7 p.m. Friday action at the Climate Pledge Arena before entertaining Columbus at the same time Tuesday.

Chicago pays a 7 p.m. visit next Thursday.

KONG will televise all three games and Channel 5 also has Friday's.

Thunderbirds

Seattle entertains Calgary at 7:05 p.m. Friday at the Showare Center in Kent and Victoria at 6:05 p.m. Saturday.

Silvertips

Everett visits the Tri-City Americans at 7:05 p.m. Friday before coming home to the Angel of the Winds Arena to take on Calgary at 6:05 p.m. Saturday.

Colleges

Husky football

Washington visits Penn State for 5 p.m. Saturday action carried on the Peacock network.

Cougar football

Utah State comes to Pullman for a 7:30 p.m. Saturday game on CW.

Husky men

The UW men's basketball team visits Nevada at 7 p.m. Saturday and hosts Seattle Pacific at the same time Wednesday on the Big Ten network.

Husky women

Washington hosts Siena for 2 p.m. Sunday action and Eastern Washington at 6 p.m. Thursday with both on Big Ten.

Cougar men

Washington State entertains Bradley at 8 p.m. Friday and Idaho at 6:30 p.m. Monday with both on ESPN+.

Cougar women

WSU gets a noon Sunday visit from Idaho on ESPN+.

Gators, Eagles eye playoffs

By Tim Clinton

Playoff time has arrived for both the Decatur and Federal Way football teams.

The Gators host Bishop Blanchet of Seattle's Metro League for 7 p.m. Friday action at Federal Way Memorial.

The Eagles will be there at 6 p.m. Saturday taking on Ferndale from the Bellingham area.

Both games are Class 3A multi-district games that send the winners on to next week's state playoff openers.

Decatur remains undefeated at 9-0 overall going into Friday's action, winning the North Puget Sound League's 3A division with an 8-0 record.

The Gators capped off their regular season with a 54-0 victory over Todd Beamer last Thursday.

Federal Way finished third in NPSL 3A action at 6-2 behind Decatur and the Enumclaw Hornets (7-1, 8-1).

The Eagles improved to 7-2 overall with a 65-0 win over Thomas Jefferson last Friday.

TJ's Raiders and the Todd Beamer Titans finish with non-playoff crossover games this week.

The Raiders drop in on Auburn-Riverside at 6 p.m. Wednesday at Auburn Memorial and the Titans travel to Central Kitsap of Silverdale at 7 p.m. Friday.

Todd Beamer finished at 4-4 in NPSL 3A play and is also 4-4 overall.

TJ wound up 1-7 in the NPSL 3A division and stands at 1-8 overall.